Peoplehardlyevermakeuse of the freedom which they have,for example, freedom of thought;instead they demand freedom of speech as a compensation.- Soren Kierkegaard

Example is leadership.- Albert Schweitzer

Each of us is of infinite value,and each of us has the ability to makea profound difference in the lives we touch.We leave our most profoundly positive impacton those around us by the nature of our livesand the example we set -not by how busy we are,or how important we believe we are.Setting an example of being loving, relaxed and joyful,regardless of external circumstances,is a great legacy for our family and for the world.Self importance - ego - is not a path to happiness.Focusing one's whole life on responsibilities,without taking time for self-renewal and play,abandons the joy and the true value of life.I want my tombstone to read, "Inspired others,"rather than, "Never missed a day at the office."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

leading by example creates a degree ofloyalty and overall successthat cannot be achieved throughissuing orders from a lofty office.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Example is not the main thing in influencing others.It is the only thing.- Albert Schweitzer

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The key to success, and to happiness,is being fully engaged in life -leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -setting your own fine and honorable example.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another,but let him work diligently and build one for himself,thus by example assuring that his ownshall be safe from violence when built.- Abraham Lincoln

There are old heads in the worldwho cannot help me by their example or adviceto live worthily and satisfactorily to myself;but I believe that it is in my powerto elevate myself this very hourabove the common level of my life.- Henry David Thoreau

A good example is the best sermon.- Benjamin Franklin

I choose to live a life of gratitude and joy,inspiring others to follow my example.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you doubt the virtue in self-honor,remember what the flight attendant says,"Put your own oxygen mask on first."You are of no use to anyone elseif you have not taken care of your own needs first -this includes your own emotional,as well as physical, well-being.In addition, your greatest value to your children,your family, your friends, and your communityis the example you set, leading a great life that inspiresthose around you to emulate your being.- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Imagine for yourself a character,a model personality whose example you determine to follow,in private as well as in public.- Epictetus

Society is always taken by surpriseat any new example of common sense.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Few things are harder to put up withthan the annoyance of a good example.- Mark Twain

Radical changes in world politics leave America witha heightened responsibility to be,for the world, an example of a genuinely free,democratic, just and humane society.- Pope John Paul II

Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals.For example, it makes no difference whether a singlecar drives on the left or on the right.But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!- Marvin Minsky

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of whichfield you can get into and hold a job in,whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse,for example.- Daniel Goleman

The flower is the poetry of reproduction.It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.- Jean Giraudoux

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what youmust do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example.My father wasn't perfect.- Adam Sandler

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers.But that said, once you're a teenager you've probablygotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.- Andrew Shue

Our government...teaches the whole people by its example.If the government becomes the lawbreaker,it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man tobecome a law unto himself;it invites anarchy.- Louis D. Brandeis

I want to get old gracefully.I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy andbe an example to my children.- Sting

In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts.I motivate people, I hope, by example -and perhaps by excitement,by having productive ideas to make others feel involved.- Rupert Murdoch

We are apt to forget that children watch examples betterthan they listen to preaching.- Roy L. Smith

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation,we shall find manifest examples of premeditation,perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice,in order to effect their purpose.- William Bartram

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.- Harold MacMillan

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.- Donald Norman

The wise man in the storm prays God,not for safety from danger,but for deliverance from fear.It is the storm within which endangers him,not the storm without.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures.The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.- Lao Tzu

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was:"If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?"But... the good Samaritan reversed the question:"If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Every child comes with the messagethat God is not yet discouraged of man.- Rabindranath Tagore

The man who has no imagination has no wings.- Muhammad Ali

If the stars should appearbut one night every thousand yearshow man would marvel and stare.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

For man with no forgiveness in heart,life worse punishment than death.- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid 2

Anger is a killing thing:it kills the man who angers,for each rage leaves him less than he had been before -it takes something from him.- Louis L'Amour

I wept because I had no shoesuntil I met a man who had no feet.- old Persian Proverb

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear,but the triumph over it.The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,but he who conquers that fear.- Nelson Mandela

Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.- Lao Tzu

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man,but he is brave five minutes longer.- Ralph Waldo Emerson

This above all: to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man.- William Shakespeare

Every man and woman is born into the worldto do something unique and something distinctive;and if he or she does not do it,it will never be done.- Benjamin E. Mays

Each man is the architect of his own fate.- Appius Claudius

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed,and in such desperate enterprises?If a man does not keep pace with his companions,perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.- Henry David Thoreau

He is a wise man who does not grievefor the things which he has not,but rejoices for those which he has.- Epictetus

When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar,and the lightnings blaze around usit is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post.- Luther Martin

Circumstance does not make the man: it reveals him to himself.- James Allen

Talent is God-given; be humble.Fame is man-given; be thankful.Conceit is self-given; be careful.- John Wooden

Dear Father in heaven, I'm not a praying man,but if you're up there and you can hear me ...show me the way... show me the way.- It's a Wonderful Life (1946 movie)

An honest man is always a child.- Socrates

If you talk to a man in a language he understands,that goes to his head.If you talk to him in his language,that goes to his heart.- Nelson Mandela

The fear of death follows from the fear of life.A man who lives fully, is prepared to die at any time.- Mark Twain

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.- Albert Schweitzer

Every man must decide whether he willwalk in the light of creative altruismor in the darkness of destructive selfishness.- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it,there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness.The more of it one has the more one wants.- Benjamin Franklin

Feel Unity with Spirit and All CreationAll things share the same breath thebeast, the tree, the man... the airshares its spirit with all the life it supports.- Chief Seattle [actually written by screenwriter Ted Perry in 1972]

The wise man looks into space,and does not regard the small as too little,nor the great as too much;for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions.- Lao Tzu

You cannot build character and courage bytaking away a man's initiative and independence.- Abraham Lincoln

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.- George Eliot

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.- the movie Braveheart

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing,and that is that I know nothing.- Socrates

The wise man looks back into the past,and does not grieve over what is far off,nor rejoice over what is near;for he knows that time is without end.- Lao Tzu

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so livethat his happiness shall dependas little as possible on external things.- Epictetus

The man who is successful is the man who is useful.- Bourke Cockran

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth,and if a man does not know what a thing is,it is at least an increase in knowledgeif he knows what it is not.- Carl Jung

The value of a man should be seen in what he givesand not in what he is able to receive.- Albert Einstein

The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy manare fixed upon the same creation;but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.- Albert Pike

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.- John Morley

When I am getting ready to reason with a man,I spend one-third of my time thinking about myselfand what I am going to sayand two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.- Abraham Lincoln

If a man does not know what port he is steering for,no wind is favorable to him.- Seneca

Jonathan Lockwood Huie - "The Philosopher of Happiness" - is the author of 100 Secrets for Living a Life You Love, co-author of Simply An Inspired Life, and writes a popular Daily Inspiration which is available on-line and via free email subscription.

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